Archive for December, 2006
Purchase an Xbox on EMI
1 Comment Published by Sunny on December 31st, 2006 in Internet, News - ViewsICICI Bank has said it will provide an EMI option for the purchase of Microsoft Xbox 360 products from designated Microsoft dealers.
The ICICI Bank credit card holders can now make an initial payment of Rs 899 and pay Rs 3270 as EMI for six months to get the Xbox 360 Core console which costs approximately […]
A year ago, Mr. Ooms and his girlfriend, the designer Karin van Lieshout, started brainstorming on ways to demonstrate that high-quality computer products needn’t look antiseptic. A result of their collaboration is a U.S.B. memory stick that takes its product description literally; it is a data storage drive encased in a real, handpicked piece of […]
Controversial Acer Ferrari 1000 Laptop Goes On eBay
0 Comments Published by Sunny on December 31st, 2006 in Internet, News - ViewsLaughing Squid is auctioning off the controversial Acer Ferrari 1000 laptop that came with a copy of Windows Vista sent to them by Microsoft, AMD and Edelman. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to EFF.
Previously, Microsoft, AMD and Edelman had given out these Acer Ferrari 1000 laptops pre-loaded with Windows Vista to […]
Not long ago one of my friend’s Yahoo! account had been hacked. Lot of personal information and important mails were lost. My friend claimed his password was secure, but to test his claim I installed a keylogger on his computer without his knowledge. Through this I came to really know how secure his password really […]
VeriSign Inc. is warning of a new e-mail worm arriving in in-boxes with the subject “Happy New Year!”
The message, currently being spread from 160 e-mail domains, requires users to click on the attached “postcard.exe” file in order to cause damage. The file will install several different malicious code variants, including Tibs, Nwar, Banwarum and Glowa, […]
Hitachi Begins Production of 800×480 Phone Displays
0 Comments Published by Sunny on December 30th, 2006 in Internet, News - ViewsHitachi has started mass producing its newest LCD mobile phone display according to Japanese site Tech-On. The new LCD is 2.9 inches and sports the highest resolution ever found on a mobile phone display—800×480.
The added resolution will allow users to browse mobile web pages easier without having to scrolling side-to-side for less phone friendly web […]
India Was Hackers Paradise in 2006
2 Comments Published by Sunny on December 29th, 2006 in Internet, News - ViewsAccording to an analysis by the Department of Information Technology India remained an Internet hacker’s paradise in the first half of 2006.
A survey conducted by Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) shows that till June this year, 39 .gov.in sites were defaced, which is 15 per cent of the total number of hacked sites in the […]
PayPerPost Acquires Performancing
2 Comments Published by Sunny on December 29th, 2006 in TechnoBeta StatusPayPerPost, the leading marketplace for advertisers to reach bloggers, videographers, photographers, podcasters and social networks, has today announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire select assets of Performancing LLC, operator of Performancing.com, a popular Internet community site for professional bloggers.
Through its purchase PayPerPost gains a number of powerful blogger support tools […]
Wikipedia Gets $286,800 Donation
3 Comments Published by Sunny on December 28th, 2006 in Internet, News - ViewsWikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers, allowing most of its articles to be edited by almost anyone with access to the Web site.
Wikipedia has more than six million articles in many languages, including more than 1.5 million articles in the […]
Best Tech Product of 2006
6 Comments Published by Sunny on December 27th, 2006 in Internet, News - Views, TechnoBeta StatusIts the time of the year again when the sun sets marking a close to the year. And with the end of the year, comes a end-of-the-year poll ofcourse ! This poll is to decide on which Tech Product was considered the Best of 2006.
The following options have been added based on popularity, and you […]













Comments